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| Chairperson & Members on the Authority
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Justice (Retd.) J.S. Verma
Chairperson
Justice (Retd.) J.S.Verma obtained degrees of B.Sc. and LL.B. from Allahabad University and then joined the Bar in 1955; became a Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in 1972; its Chief Justice in 1985; the Chief Justice of Rajasthan in 1986; a Judge of the Supreme Court of India in 1989; and was the Chief Justice of India from 25 March 1997 to 18 January 1998. He was also the Acting Governor of Rajasthan, twice between 1987 and 1989.He headed the Commission to inquire into the security lapses leading to Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination (1991-1992); and the Committee to suggest operationalisation of the Fundamental Duties (1998- 1999). He was the Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission from 4 November 1999 to 18 January 2003. After demitting office of the Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission, Justice Verma continues to engage himself in pursuing matters of national and public concerns, and advocating measures for amelioration of the polity. |
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Members Representing Eminent Persons |
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Prof. Dipankar Gupta
Dipankar Gupta was till 2009 Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Over the years he has held many visiting appointments in Universities in North America, Europe and the UK. He did his Ph.D. from the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University on the Shiv Sena movement in 1977. He has since authored and co-authored 16 books. He has written nearly 70 research articles in various scholarly journals. He has written on a number of subjects but concentrated mainly on caste, ethnicity, rural sociology, modernization and farmers’ movements. His most recent work is on understanding India’s economic growth from a rural perspective. In his corporate engagements Professor Gupta has contributed most significantly in setting up customized ethical business manuals, advising clients on corporate social responsibility, and carrying out social audits and sustainability services |
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Mr. Kiran Karnik
Mr. Karnik was, till 2008, President, NASSCOM, the premier trade body for the IT software and services industry in India. In his 6 year stint at NASSCOM, he worked with industry and the government to help formulate policies and strategies for the advancement of this sector locally as well as internationally. Earlier, he was CEO for Discovery Networks in India, and Founder-Director of Consortium for Educational Communication (UGC’s arm for TV and IT-based educational programmes). Prior to this, he spent over 20 years in ISRO, where he worked on conceptualizing and managing applications of space technology, including satellite TV. Currently, he spends time with a few non-governmental organizations, and is involved with the development and setting up of a major educational institution in Delhi in a PPP mode. He is a member of various government committees including the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, Central Employment Guarantee Council and the National Innovation Council, besides being on the Boards of a few companies. |
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Mr. Nitin Desai
Mr. Nitin Desai, a graduate of LSE, taught economics at two UK Universities, worked briefly in the private sector, had a long stint as a government official in India and then joined the UN in 1990. In India he was in the Planning Commission (1973-88) and later in the Ministry of Finance as the Chief Economic Adviser (1988-90). In the UN, where he was Under Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs, his major work was the organization of a series of global summits, notably the Rio Earth Summit (1992), the Copenhagen Social Development Summit (1995), the Monterrey Finance and Development Summit (2002) and the Johannesburg Sustainable Development Summit (2002). After his retirement he has been involved in a variety of public policy activities nationally and internationally. He is a Distinguished Fellow of TERI and is an Honorary Fellow of the LSE. He writes a monthly column in the Business Standard. |
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Mrs. Chokila Iyer
Mrs. Chokila Iyer, IFS (Retd.) is B.A. (Economics Honours) from North Bengal University. Appointed to the Indian Foreign Service on the basis of Civil Services Examination held in 1963. Served as a Foreign Service officer from 1964 in various capacities and posts in the Ministry of External Affairs and Indian Missions abroad. Served as High Commissioner to Seychelles, Ambassador to Mexico & Ireland. Appointed Foreign Secretary in April 2001- with the distinction of being the first lady official to occupy the post. On retirement from the Foreign Service in June 2002, was appointed (July 2002) as Vice Chairperson (with the rank of Minister of State) of the National Commission for Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes set up under Art 339 of the Constitution by the President of India. Served as elected Indian Member on the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2002-2204). Appointed Member, Union Public Service Commission (Feb 2005) and demitted office on 28th June 28, 2007. Chokila is a Member Board of Governors of IIM Kolkata since September 2009 and of IIM Raipur since June 2010. |
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Members Representing Editors |
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Ms. Sagarika Ghose
Sagarika Ghose (born 8 November 1964) has been a journalist and broadcaster for almost twenty years, starting her career in 1991 at The Times of India as Assistant Editor in charge of South Asia. In 1995 she moved to Outlook magazine, as Special Correspondent in the magazine's start up team. In 2002 she joined The Indian Express as Senior Editor. In 2004 she became the first woman anchor of BBC World's flagship programme 'Question Time India'. She joined CNN IBN in 2005 where she is currently Deputy Editor and Prime Time Anchor. She is also the author of two novels, 'The Gin Drinkers' and 'Blind Faith', both published worldwide by HarperCollins Publishers. She is a recipient of the FICCI award for Media Achiever and the ITA Award for Excellence in Journalism. She is married with two children and lives in New Delhi. |
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Ms. Sonia Singh
Sonia Singh Senior Managing Editor, NDTV is an English (Hons) graduate from St. Stephens College. She has to her credit a Chevening scholarship from the British government. Sonia Singh is a NDTV veteran and has been with the company for the past 16 years. As an anchor of the popular show 'Verdict' and 'India 60 Minutes', she has won acclaim from both critics and viewers for her work. Conferred by FICCI with the ‘Young Leader Award’, Sonia Singh has interviewed the country’s top politicians. Sonia has successfully anchored and editorially managed news ranging from 3 different governments at the centre, to the Kandahar hijack, Sonia Gandhi appointing Manmohan Singh as India's Prime Minister, the Gujarat riots and many other pivotal stories. The excitement of running India’s most respected English news channel and the thrill of changing lives through the contribution made by journalism steers Sonia in her work. Sonia’s forte is her ability to understand the viewer’s mind and sift through stories of different genres accordingly. |
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Mr. P.V. Narendra
P.V.Narendra (Editor – News Network, ETV) switched over from English to Indian language television journalism when he joined ETV in 1998. As Senior Correspondent with ETV in Bangalore, he reported extensively on news and current affairs in Karnataka. In addition to reporting from Karnataka, the first six years of his stint in the field include a number of special assignments in Tamil Nadu, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. After relocating to ETV Headquarters at Hyderabad in 2004, Narendra has been part of a core group that spearheads ETV strategy on coverage of major issues/developments and elections across the country. Apart from working closely with the news teams of the individual channels, achieving and maintaining uniformly high standards of journalism in the ETV Network is a major thrust area for him. In addition to editorial aspects, he is active in the training, human resource development and management aspects of broadcast journalism at ETV. Prior to ETV, he was Senior Correspondent, Bangalore with Plus Channel India Limited. An Arts stream graduate, Narendra has done his Post Graduation in Journalism & Mass Communications and is currently pursuing MBA studies. He is a 2005 Fellow of the One World Broadcast Fellowship (U.K). |
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Mr. Q.W. Naqvi
Q W Naqvi has straddled the world of print and television media for the last 30 years bringing a wealth of experience and expertise to bear through his grasp and understanding of news. Starting as a trainee journalist with the Nav Bharat Times Mumbai, he later moved to Nav Bharat Times Luknow. By the mid-eighties, he had moved Kolkata as the Chief Reporter in the dynamic Hindi weekly Ravivaar, covering the north-east extensively. A year later he was part of the core team that launched a new product Chauthi Duniya. The broadsheet weekly, which was a unique mix of investigative reporting and serious thought provoking journalism. Mr. Naqvi was involved with all aspects of Chauthi Duniya from branding to lay out, design, look and feel and editorial content. He also named the publication. In the late eighties, he returned to Nav Bharat Times in Lucknow and by 1993, he joined Nav Bharat Times Jaipur as Editorial Head. In June 1995, he joined TV Today Network as Associate Editor and he was the one who proposed the name Aaj Tak which has since become a generic name for news television in India. Since 2004 February, he has been News Director of TV Today Network Limited, successfully launching Tez and Dilli Aaj Tak. As a reporter, he has done several landmark stories, widely travelling across the country and working in different and diverse socio-economic and geographical landscapes, such as Kolkata, Lucknow, Delhi, Mumbai and Jaipur. He has worked with three of the largest media houses of the country Bennett Coleman, Anand Bazar Patrika and Living Media Group. |
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